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Adventures in the Phethean Household........

15 month check-up

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Ava & Audrey at 1 year of age!

Audrey & Ava had their 15 month check-up today and I was a little surprised by their stats!!

Audrey weighs 21 pounds 11 oz. , her head circumfrence is 46 in. and she's 32 inches long.
This puts her in the 50th percentile for height, the 25th for head circumfrence, and the 90th percentile for length.

Ava weighs 18 pounds 10 oz., her head circumfrence is 45 inches and she measures 32 inches long too.
This puts her in the same percentile as Audrey for both head circumfrence and height. This is the first time they have EVER measured the same length!! Audrey has always been an inch or so longer.

As for weight, Ava has dropped off the charts again. I am so dicouraged. I worked soooo hard to get her into the 3rd, and then the 5th, and finally the 7th percentile.

I went back and checked in my dayplanner and Ava weighed 17 pounds 15 oz. and was in the 7th percentile for weight at her 12 mo. check-up (Audrey weighed 19 pounds 4 oz 25%). This means that Ava has gained LESS than 1 pounds in over 3 months!!!! This also puts them back at a 3 pound weight difference. The last time they had this much of a difference, we were fighting a feeding tube for Ava. The doctor told us to start adding Carnation Instant Breakfast to her milk and to come back in for a weight check in 6 weeks.

We also got a referral to see the ENT for Ava. Her sleep apnea has begun to get worse and I think she may need her tonsils and adenoids out now too! She is starting to toss and turn and really work to open her airway at night. Poor thing!

The girls had their DTaP immunization today and will go back in at 18 months for another check-up and thankfully their last immunization for awhile!!!!

I am still waiting for a Ma-ma or Da-da from them, but Audrey will sometimes say "tu-tu" when you hand her things (her own way of saying "thank-you") and yes when you ask her if she wants something. Ava said cheese the other day. It sounds like "CH" and "ssss" in the quietest whisper. Now whenever Ava wants something she will say Chssss. Almost like two very distinct and seperate sounds.

Mother's Day Weekend!

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Yesterday we went to my Mom & Dad's for a BBQ and some swimming. The kids had a blast! I am sure my Mom will be sticking some pics up on her blog soon so I won't post duplicates here. Later on we ate homemade Rootbeer Ice cream. Yum..............

Today my morning started off with blueberry pancakes and scrambled eggs (thank you Rick)!
Then we headed off to church where they honored all of the Mother's with Sees Chocolates (it's good to be Mom) and the kids sang a special musical number.
We spent the afternoon with Rick's family at the park. My niece Lexi (age2) helped feed the
girls their lunch. It was sooooo cute.

Here she is feeding Audrey lasagna



and helping her getting a drink

and even wiping her face!


Ava wouldn't let her feed her



but, she sure liked all of the attention!!!


Audrey spoon feeding herself!


The kids all had a great time playing on the playground

Lexi again, isn't she cute?!?!


Here is her new baby brother, Ryan


Here is one of my nieces Molly. Everytime she saw the camera in my hand she would say "Cheese" and pose. What a cutie!


Logan enjoying the tire swing

Eli and Lucas, he is getting soooo big!!!

Lauren monkeying around on the monkey bars


Ava AKA Banana Slug

This was the best picture I could get of Audrey on the playground, she was just too busy for pictures


Jamison is the only one of my kids I wasn't able to get a picture of at the park. I guess that's because he spent most of his time skateboarding and hanging out in the creek with his cousin Bobby.

Here is a picture I was able to get of him this evening at home in between skating!


Here are some pics taken of this girls this evening in their new jammies!

Audrey

Ava



My Girls!








Holy Cow!!

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
I was just complaining to Rick tonight about how sometimes I feel like I live at the Dr.'s office (We were just there again today for Lauren & Audrey this afternoon). I decided to look in my dayplanner and count how many Dr.'s appointments I have been to since January 1, 2008. Can you believe I have taken the kids to 48 Dr.'s appointments so far this year??? And that's not even counting labs, x-rays, developmental assesments, the 6 hours a week the girls and I spend in therapy for them or Audrey's sleep study and surgey/hospital stay! So far this year we have seen the Allergist, the Neurologist, the ENT, the Pediatrician (numerous times), the Orthodontist (monthly), the Pediatirc Orthopedic, and the Dentist. We have had 3 trips to the ER (all for Audrey-one of them resulting in her hospitalization) and 2 trips to the Urgent Care (we were just there on Monday for Lauren).

Audrey has had surgery, Jamison had his braces taken off while Lauren has had her lower braces put on and is getting her back brace for scoliosis this Friday. We've had teeth cleannings, twisted ankles, a cavity filled, a strange rash that we thought was a food allergy, sinus infections, and lots of ear infections. There is never a dull moment in the Phethean Household!!!

One appointment I am looking forward to this month is the girls 15 month appointment. I can't wait to find out how much they have grown since their last check up!!!!!

Ryan Christopher Ashby

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Beth surprised us all and had her baby this morning. Ryan Christopher Ashby arrived shortly after midnight. Poor Troy was on buisness in Seattle (Beth wasn't due for another 3-4 weeks). Luckily her neighbor was able to drive her in from Corona and Bobby was able to stay with Lexi.
I am dying to go see him, but since Troy is flying in from Seattle some time today I decided to wait until tomorrow. Congratulations guys!!!

Ear Infections

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The girls have been really cranky for weeks now. Monday morning Ava woke up around 4:30 a.m. and wouldn't go back to sleep. Around 5:30 I gave up on getting any more sleep so I got up and started fixing Ava breakfast (I thought maybe she was just really hungry). I had given her some milk and cheerios to munch on while I scrambled the eggs. A few moments later I turned around and noticed that Ava was just sitting there with her head cocked to the side holding her ear. I thought "Oh no, here we go again". I quickly gave her some Motrin and tucked her into bed (she was falling asleep in the highchair at this point).

Today I took the girls in to see the Dr. and it turns out the girls have ear infections in both ears.
Poor Ava's ears have been infected for over a month now. I am really hoping this will be the last ear infection in our house for awhile because 2 screamming toddlers = 1 tired and stressed out mommy!

Hello, Dolly! Bye Bye Birdie

Friday, April 11, 2008





Lauren was lucky enough to be able to perform in Golden Hill's production of Hello, Dolly! She had a lot of fun...............


Lauren on stage with her classmates

Lauren was cast as a parasol girl





Here is a flashback to last years production of Bye Bye Birdie.............

Here is Lauren last year on the day of dress rehearsal (you can see how much has grown)


My Sweet Apple Teen

And here are a few more that my Mom sent me.....


theese are from "Telephone Hour"


Tooth Tally

Saturday, April 5, 2008

The girls have been doing some serious teething for a few weeks now so I thought it was time to do a tooth tally. Tonight as I was brushing the girls teeth I decided to take a peek and count their teeth. Ava has six teeth on top; two front teeth, both of her one year molars and it looks like her incisors have just cut through. On the bottom she has four front teeth and signs of molars on their way.

Audrey has four teeth on top; two front teeth, both molars and one incisor on it's way (the left one). On the bottom she has 3 front teeth.

I will be soooo glad when the girls teeth have all come in, they have had such a bad case of the crankies lately!!!!!